Improvement in corkscrews



J. E. BAUM. Cork-Screw.

No. 197,201. Patented Nov. 20, 1877.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,201, dated November 20, 1877; application filed i October 20, 1877.

' To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN E. BAUM, of Freeland, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for Uncorking Bottles, 8250., l which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, taken at the line. a; 0a of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, taken at the line. 3 y of Fig. 1. Fig. .4 is an iso- -,metrical view of the toothed cork-holder G. Fig. 5 is a like view of the bottle-head rest J.

Like letters of reference in all the 'figures indicate the same parts.

The object of my invention is the employment of suitable means for the rapid removal its upper end, with a caseand, vertical slide, which is operated byrmeans of a lever. The

slide is provided with a plate on its lower end having a mouth-piece to rest upon the head i of the bottle, and an opening for the upward passage of the cork in such a manner that the upper 'end of thecork may be brought to bear 1 against the teeth of a plate fastened to the lower end of the above mentioned case, to prevent the cork turning around by the operation of the corkscrew, The object of theslide is to withdraw the cork from the bottle after the corkscrew has been securelyfa'stened therein, as hereinafter fully described.

A is a case, made of any suitable form, and is intended to be used by hand or fastened to any convenient permanent object. B is a screw-rod, having a corkscrew, D, firmly connected with'its lower .end. It worksin' the permanent nut E of the case, as seen in Fig. 2 being operated by means of the crank a-.

. Confined to the lower ends of the permanent parts b b of the case A is the plate G, which has, toothedprojections c c c c for pressing into the upper end of the cork, tohold it firmly in position and to prevent it from being turned around by the action of the corkscrew.

H is a vertical slide, having tongues 01 (1, which work in the grooves e e of the case; but, if desired, the tongues and grooves may be omitted, the slide being guided merely by the inner surfaces of the four sides of the case. The slide has on its lower endthe plateframe I, provided with a plate, J. (Seen in detail in Fig. 5.) The plate is fastened in a I rabbet of the frame I, or it may be otherwise secured thereto. Ithas a hole, f,of circular or other form, large enough for the cork to pass through and to receive the head of the bottle and support it against its passage through the opening. The plate is made of wood or other suitable material.

K is a lever for operating the slide H, its rounded and inner end being held in the crossrecess 9 in the rear side of the slide, so as to work freely when the lever turns on the fulcrum-pin h. The front plate of the case is made detachable with the parts connected therewith, as shown in the drawings, for the convenience of the construction of the machine, and to facilitate putting the parts together.

If desired, the frame I and plate J may be made in a single piece, instead of separate, as above described. I

The operation is as follows: The corkscrew being elevated above the toothed plate G, as shown in the drawings, and the head of the bottle being placed in the central. opening f of the plate J, and the cork brought against thefteeth of the plate Gr, the crank a is turned around so as to force the corkscrew D into the cork sufficiently far to makeafirm connection, and the handle of thelever is moved upward, so as to press the slide H downward,

whereby the cork is withdrawn from the bottle or other vessel, then thecrank a is reversedin its movement until the corkscrew passes above the plate G,'to free'it from the cork.

' In using the machine in uncorking small bottles their heads might pass through the opening f of the plate, in which casethe hand of the operator can easily perform the funcvided with the corkscrewjiig thecase' ing a nut, E, and toothed plate G, the slide H,v and the lever K, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BAUM;

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